LITERACY-  Kevin Henkes will be the author we focus on for the first month of school, reading his many books that model cooperation, friendship and adjustment to school. Students are writing about their summers and sharing that writing with the class.

MATH-  We will spend some time sharing about math the students learned in kindergarten. We have been looking for math in the courtyard because math is everywhere!  Our focus for the first month or two will be on the number bonds which make ten. Students will use manipulatives and work in small groups and pairs.

BIBLE- After learning about the five school rules, we will focus on the life of  Moses and The Ten Commandments will in September. The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17) is our Bible Verse for the month of September.

SCIENCE- Skills of the Tracker 1, along with our box turtle unit, will be our science focus for the first month of school. The Skills of the Tracker unit is written by Chris Hall and it continues in second and third grades. The activities will help students learn how to be more aware and attentive to God's creation all around them.  Throughout the turtle unit, students will have hands on experiences learning about box turtle habitats, physical characteristics, behavior, and diet. The Skills of the Tracker unit will go hand in hand with our turtle unit.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Chapel- every Wednesday at 8:30. Please join us! Your child may join you up in the bleachers.

Library Volunteer Orientation for Lower School Library

If you signed up to volunteer in the library this year or you are Interested in knowing more about how to support  and volunteer your time and talent among wonderful books and our student readers,  please join us at the Lower School Library Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 (tomorrow)
from 8:15-9:00 am to hear about all the ways you can volunteer!  Your help is needed and valued!!
Questions?? please contact Anne Bear abear@covenantschool.org

Covenant School Convocation- Friday, September 4 at 8:30am. Students are to be dropped off at the Upper School, not Lower, between 7:50 and 8:10am. All parents are invited to attend. Students will sit with their teachers and class. They will take buses back to Lower for the rest of the day.

Labor Day- Sept. 7, no school

PK-3 Back to School Night- Thursday, Sept. 17, 6:15. Please plan to come to this important night, where you will hear about the first grade year.

Fall Fest- Friday, Sept. 18- We dismiss at 2:15 so that we can all attend the Fall Fest at Upper.

New Parent Coffee- Thursday, Sept. 24, 8:30 am in the Lower School library

Singapore Math event- Thursday, Oct. 1 at 4pm. This gives parents the chance to experience Singapore Math first hand.

Ivy Creek Field Trip- Thursday, Oct. 8, 8:45-11:15

Columbus Day- Monday Oct. 12, no school

Teacher Workday- Monday, Oct. 19, no school